Thursday, August 7, 2014

Gaza Calling: All out on Saturday August 9 Day of Rage

As we face the full might of Israel's military
arsenal, funded and supplied by the United States and European Union,
we call on civil society and people of conscience throughout the world
to pressure governments to sanction Israel and implement a comprehensive
arms embargo immediately.

Take to the streets on Saturday 9 August with a united demand for sanctions on Israel.

From Gaza under invasion, bombardment, and continuing siege, the horror is beyond words. Medical supplies are exhausted. The
death toll has reached 1813 killed (398 children, 207 women, 74
elderly) and 9370 injured (2744 children, 1750 women, 343 elderly).
Our hospitals, ambulances, and medical staff are all under attack while
on duty. Doctors and paramedics are being killed while evacuating the
dead. Our dead are not numbers and statistics to be recounted; they are
loved ones, family and friends.

While we have to survive this onslaught, you certainly have the power to
help end it the same way you helped overcome Apartheid and other crimes
against humanity. Israel is only able to carry out this attack with the
unwavering support of governments - this support must end.

This is our third massacre in six years.
When not being slaughtered, we remain under siege, an illegal collective
punishment of the entire population. Fishermen are shot and killed if
they stray beyond a 3 km limit imposed unilaterally by Israel. Farmers
are shot harvesting their crops within a border area imposed
unilaterally by Israel. Gaza has become the largest open-air prison, a
concentration camp since 2006. This time, we want an end to
this unprecedented crime against humanity committed with the complicity
and support of your own governments!

We are not asking for charity. We are demanding solidarity, because we
know that until Israel is isolated and sanctioned, these horrors will be
repeated.

Take action this Saturday

Make boycotts, divestments and sanctions the main message at every
protest around the world. Take banners and placards calling for sanction
on Israel to every protest. Tweet them using the hashtag
#GazaDayofRage. Email us your pictures and action details to GazaDayofRage@gmail.com.

While news of all the mass protests outside Israel's embassies
around the world have given us hope, after weeks of protests, we urge
you to intensify your actions. Occupy Israeli embassies, challenge
Israeli officials (and others) supporting the current aggression against
Gaza whenever they appear in public and stage sit-in in government
buildings.

Boycott all Israeli products and take action against corporations
profiting from Israel's system of colonialism, occupation and apartheid.
March to boycott targets in your city and educate the public about
companies complicit in Israel's ongoing military assault and illegal
siege of Gaza.

Palestinian trade unions are calling on our brothers and sisters in
the trade union movement internationally to stop handling goods
imported from or exported to Israel. The trade union movement has a
proud history of direct action against Apartheid in South Africa, the
Congress of South African Trade Unions has joined us in the call for
direct action to end Israel's impunity.

BNC includes: Council of National and Islamic Forces in Palestine,
Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO), Palestinian National Institute for NGOs,
Global Palestine Right of Return Coalition, Palestinian Trade Union
Coalition for BDS (PTUC-BDS), Federation of Independent Trade Unions,
General Union of Palestinian Workers, Palestinian General Federation of
Trade Unions, General Union of Palestinian Women, Union of Palestinian
Farmers, General Union of Palestinian Teachers, General Union of
Palestinian Writers, Palestinian Federation of Unions of University
Professors and Employees (PFUUPE), Union of Professional Associations,
General Union of Palestinian Peasants, Union of Public Employees in
Palestine-Civil Sector, Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall
Campaign (STW), National Committee for Grassroots Resistance,
Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
(PACBI), National Committee to Commemorate the Nakba, Civic Coalition
for the Defense of Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem, Coalition for
Jerusalem, Union of Palestinian Charitable Organizations, Palestinian
Economic Monitor, Union of Youth Activity Centers-Palestine Refugee
Camps, Occupied Palestine and Syrian Golan Heights Initiative

Quotes

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